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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2017 by De Gruyter
- ISSN
- 2196-9353
- eISSN
- 2196-9361
- DOI
- 10.1515/jias-2017-0004
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractStemmatics, that is the branch of philology concerned with analysing the relationships among extant variant versions of a text, is not a common tool in the study of the manuscript traditions of Arthurian Old French Prose Romances. Moreover, the lack of faith in the method has often led to its being implemented unsatisfactorily. However, it would be possible to proceed differently in applying stemmatics to this type of textual tradition; and this method could also be very useful in order to understand the genesis of texts, their reconstruction, and their reception. The discussion focuses on editions of the most important romances, such as the Lancelot-Grail-Cycle, the Prose Tristan and the Guiron-Cycle.
Journal
Journal of the International Arthurian Society – de Gruyter
Published: Dec 1, 2017